Kemps’ and Get Silly Ice Cream’s IttiBitz Ice Cream Wins Global ‘Taste09′ Food Innovations Award

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -

- Flash-Frozen Dessert Treat Makes Global Debut at ANUGA Trade Fair in Cologne, Germany October 10

IttiBitz Ice Cream, made in the U.S.A. by Kemps LLC with business partner Get Silly Ice Cream, the innovative frozen dessert that’s cryogenically flash frozen into delicious, melt-in-your-mouth beads of creamy ice cream, has won a global “Product Innovations” Award in the “Taste09″ competition held by the ANUGA Trade Fair in Cologne, Germany. Now reigning as the #1-selling pelletized ice cream in U.S. stores, IttiBitz are unique pelletized bits of ice cream that can be shipped, stored and served at regular ice cream temperatures.

IttiBitz and other “Taste09″ award winners selected by the jury will be officially presented to the global press on October 9 - one day before the ANUGA Trade Fair opens. The criteria used for award selection includes uniqueness of product formulation and packaging, and successful implementation of current consumer trends.

“New product innovations are key drivers of growth in the food business, and we are excited to be recognized as a premier global innovator at the ANUGA Trade Fair,” says Mike Stauffer, President of Get Silly Ice Cream. “Our partnership with Kemps has provided an opportunity for our small business to take a very unique product to consumers around the world.”

“The technology involved with IttiBitz is extraordinary,” says Rachel Kyllo, VP-Marketing for St. Paul, Minnesota-based Kemps. “When IttiBitz cups are sealed, you have a product that liquid nitrogen brought to -320 degrees meeting a lid sealer that’s over 500 degrees.”

Get Silly Ice Cream and Kemps believe there is a significant global business opportunity for this unique frozen dessert product. Get Silly Ice Cream, a small business with a big vision for the potential of this innovative technology, partnered with Kemps to commercialize and launch this new product to both retail and food service channels. Get Silly Ice Cream is in active discussions with several major ice cream manufacturers to launch additional pelletized ice cream projects around the globe.

The ANUGA award is expected to further drive visibility for Get Silly Ice Cream’s international endeavors as well as sales for Kemps’ IttiBitz with buyers and food product scouts from across the world.

Get Silly Ice Cream, based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, provides a full range of services for pelletized ice cream projects to leading ice cream manufacturers across the globe. Utilizing proprietary know-how, business methods, formulas and manufacturing equipment, Get Silly Ice Cream offers a turnkey solution to manufacturers looking to add a pelletized ice cream product line to their existing menu of products.

For more information on Get Silly Ice Cream, go to www.sillyicecream.com, visit them in Hall 4.2, Aisle C, Booth 49 at the ANUGA Trade Fair or call (U.S.) +1-440-893-0162. For more information on IttiBitz Ice Cream visit www.ittibitz.com or www.kemps.com, or call (U.S.) +1-800-726-6455.

Source: Get Silly Ice Cream

Media Contact: Michael Stauffer, (U.S.), +1-440-893-0162